rate of return

1. 1.

   the amount returned per unit of time expressed as a percentage of the cost

   Broaderrate

   Narrowerreturn on invested capital

Questions about rate of return

What does rate of return mean?

rate of return means "the amount returned per unit of time expressed as a percentage of the cost".

Is rate of return a common word?

rate of return is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.